Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-08-25
time. while you may never see him


when some one knocked on the door.
walk in" said Hettie, as she opened
it, and handsome young man of 26
"Mr. Somers, this is my cousin,
Mr.. Newton, of New York, who is Wis
iting u.s." Mr.. Newton cordially grasped
Harry by the hand and appeared de-
lighted to see him. After conversing
for sometime upon various subjects,
Mr.. Newton said, "Mr. Somers, by read
ing Cousin Hettie's scrap-book, and
with Cousin Kate's information, l dis
covered you are an author! Have you
your talent mnch?"
"Only for my own amusement" +" mod
cstly replied Harry. II have dozens of
stories at home that I wrote at odd times
merely because I had no other way of
passing the time"
"No one who does not possess con-
siderable literary talent would care to
pass away the time by such laborious
amusement as story writing. Excuse
me for being 30 inquisitive. You have
q fair education have you not, Mr.. Som
ers?"
"Only o common-school education,
sir. | attended school until was 19,
when my father died and l had to leave
school and go to work to earn living
for my widowed mother who died two
years ago. Fathers greatest wish was
to give me collegiate education, and
had he lived I would have attended
school one or two more years."
IL am very much interested in you,
Mr.. Somers. Cousin Kate has told me
how affairs are between you and cousin
Hettie, and if for no other reason I
would be interested in you for Cousin
Hettie's sake. You think that you are
not financially able to marry until you
are earning salary of $40 o week. 1
leave in tho morning for home, and if
you will write me short story equal in
literary merit to either of those in cousin
Hettie's scrap-book, and forward it to
me any time next week I will pay
you $25 for it, and will pay you the
same each week for good short story.
Here is my card by Which you can see
where to direct your letters"
II know not how to thank you for
your kindly interest, Mr.. Newton"
said Harry; "but 1 assure you there is
no one who would appreciate it more
than do. am afraid that I will dis
appoint you; I hope not, though, for I
had rather earn my living by writing
than by any other means"
"You will succeed, Mr.. Somers, you
will succeed; have no fear of that, for
your soul is in your work. I must ask
one favor of you though. 1 do not
wish you and Hettio to wait ten months
before marrying, but would like for
you to wait at least four or five months,
for by that time you will have estab-
lished some literary fame; not much to
be sure, but foothold at least. If
you were to marry now you could not
give your time to your literary labors
Us you should on the start. have not
been as affectionate and as attentive to
Cousin Kate as should have been, even
for second cousin, and I intend to
make amends in the future by running
down here once week and seeing how
you all are getting along; and while
here I will be happy to render you any
assistance l can"
Harry again heartily thanked Mr..
Newton for his kindness. Pretty little
blue-eyed, fair haired Hettie said not q
word, but the tear of Joy that silently
fell on her cheek told palmer thar
words that her heart was overhowine
with gratitude.
The following week Harry received
the paper containing the story, and he
also receiveda letter containinga checl
for $25. He was the happiest mar
in the world. He had never thought O
being known beyond the confines o
his native county; but now, as con
tributor Of one of the leading New
York literary papers, he saw in th'
future his articles copied extensively
and himself honered and respected Al
great literary genius. True to hi
promise, Mr.. Newton came regularl,
Saturday evening and remained unit
Monday morning. One Sunday even
ing, two months after his first visit t.
Mrs. Wheeler, as he, Hettie, and he
mother were seated around the fire il
: the sitting groom, he said:
"Cousin Hettie, how would you lik
to strengthen our relationship"
"Splendidly, Cousin Frank! But ho,
can that be done9"
"Well, you see, Cousin Hettie, Will
you and Harry have been billing an
cooing, Cousin Kate and 1 have no
! been altogether idle. love her dc
votedly, and she assures me that m
: affections are reciprocated, and she ha
| promised to be my wife. How woul
l you like me for father, Hettie?"
"Better than any man in the worlC
: Cousin Frank. Allow me to congratr
Y late you and mamma and to wish yo
!. much happiness" she said, with
e pretty little laugh. II must confess
o though, that you have taken me con
pletely by surprise" she continued.
I never thought that your weekly visit
/ were prompted by anything more tina
cousinly affection"
Q "You and Harry could have ma
y ricd long ago" said Mr. Newton, "but
r requested Harry to wait few month
n because I thought that l might gal
IS Cousin Kate's affections and we woul
y have double wedding"
! $50 we can," cried Hettie, slappir
h her hands with delight. II had NJ
q thought of that.
IS Preparations were made for the we
II ding, and two months later the merl
bells chimed out the joyous news
ls Me double wedding, which was Il